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for the first one, i think that has some merit. there are plenty of 11 year olds who are more mature than plenty of 30 year olds. but i am not ready to support that yet, as it could have unforseen consequences.
for the second one, I dont think iq should be the determining factor. for one, iq dosent really mesure your inteligence, and the two most popular iq tests often give wildly different results. i do think there should be a test to see how well you can actually determine who is the best candidate, so people who vote can use basic fact checking. However, i dont think it should be that people who dont pass it cant vote, as we have done this in the past, and it has been use to prevent minorities from voting. I think instead people who pass the test should get two votes, while people who dont get one. and for those of you who think this is bad because not everyones votes are equal, this is already the case. your vote counts more or less depending on what state you live in. this is nothing in comparasin.
i don't think they should tell you the result of your intelligence test. you should be made to figure it out for yourself -- and either way, there's your answer...
You know Ash, I think you make me want to take the bet
Who's supposed to say what will make you mature? I mean, who's supposed to genuinenly design such a test? By which values? And how is the test supposed to be done? There are people who know what's right on the test and still can't perform on them. And how are you supposed to enfoce that? You know how much alc and tobacco I got my hands on from like 14 onwards? And we are in a situation with this all being bound to a very clearly defined document. Imagine this with some maturity test
IQ describes intelligence in how logical or mathematical a person is able to perform. It doesn't mean someone's wise or has any kind of political or societal intelligence. Anecdotal but I've met a guy with a confirmed IQ of 135 and I was unable to have any kind of dicussion with him due to having absolutely no knowledge beyond mathematics or chemistry. And that's just me skimming the surface with what's wrong with this idea
... I have no idea what you are saying with this. So you don't like the word sex worker? I mean okay but it's just a more inclusive term than prostitute or escort. I don't really understand the rest
Animals seem more innocent to us and it's a lot more common to see humans die in media than animals. Also, animal deaths are more visceral. Look at how dogs die in Jojo compared to how most humans die. I don't see why you should be put on any kind of watch list for feeling like this
Yeah I completely agree. The guy from Midsomar was a dick but I don't like how some people celebrate what happened to him
Didn't watch amazing digital circus so I can't judge on the last take
you're so sweet :smiling_face_with_three_hearts_around_it:
Murder Drones definitely got overshadowed by TADC
In my honest opinion, Murder Drone's Pliot feels a lot more impactful and like it actually gets the story going
TADC doesn't really
and I mean if it's not going be a lore series and it's just going to be goofy shit, I'm all for it
but if it tries to go the lore route it's directly competing with the murder bots who have so much character, dynamics, and a (simply comparing the pliots side by side) way better story
have you considered the fact that some traditionally "smart" people are actually really fucking stupid outside of what they specialize in
Yeah, I don't expect a doctor to be able to farm properly or an software engineer to be able to immediately identify what specific species an animal is by looking at it.
However I don't see how that has anything to do with what I said. I would rather trust someone with a higher IQ to make the better decision when voting than the people who warning labels on lawnmowers and pizza boxes were made for.
I have an iq of 164 and last week I got tide pod juice in my eye because I wanted to see if it would pop when squeezed
my hot take is that tide pods should not explode when squeezed btw
im sorry to any car people - i got many friends into em.
but no one cares when they're tryna go to walmart with their kids how loud your car can get and you can zoomy zoom.
people got sleep babies and this dude over here revving his engine endlessly cus he has to wait for parking lot traffic.
calm down, my guy.
*edit* find an outlet for that there's plenty, the "flex" you think you got honestly just makes people think you're a tool.
aint no different if i come home blasting my music at 11:30 at night mr. muscle car in the driveway. why we gotta hear you all daylight hours? lmao
but no one cares when they're tryna go to walmart with their kids how loud your car can get and you can zoomy zoom.
people got sleep babies and this dude over here revving his engine endlessly cus he has to wait for parking lot traffic.
calm down, my guy.
*edit* find an outlet for that there's plenty, the "flex" you think you got honestly just makes people think you're a tool.
aint no different if i come home blasting my music at 11:30 at night mr. muscle car in the driveway. why we gotta hear you all daylight hours? lmao
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I was recently recommended a showcase of a fan project pokemon fighting game that advertised itself as Fighting-only. Why would you make something like that? It's been years since an actual pokemon fighting game by actual fighting game devs was significantly better because it included the likes of Suicune and Chandelure.
Fast food and retail workers should have the right to summarily execute exactly one customer per month. If they choose not to exercise this right, they will instead receive a $1000 bonus at the end of the month.
Having worked retail I support this 100% lol
seen people disrespect toooo much when i did. seen some teens throw receipts in the "everyones grandma (when i worked there well into her 70s) face; like who raised you???? isnt "respect the elderly" normal to you? - would you let someone disrespect ya grandma like that?
even worse cus she was one of those "HELLO KIDS!" souls seeing any of us going/coming back from break. wonderful woman.
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recently, a lot of glitchy, unpolished games have been released, and people have been saying ¨take your time. we can wait.¨ I disagree. I think you should focus on releasing the game, no matter how unpolished it is. you see, there are these things called patches, where game developers will take a game that they already released, and fix its glitches. now, why would you not release a game to fix glitches, if you can just release it early, fix the glitches, and end up with the same final product? Its not a choice between playing an unpolished game now, or playing a polished game later, its a choice between playing an unpolished game now and a polished game later, or just playing a polished game later. people are like ¨we can wait."well then go ahead and wait, youll get the game you want whether they release it in an unpolished state or not.
see, this is what something called "early access" comes in so that people can play a game early and the devs can get feedback, while also not tanking the game's reputation and making those people angry. everyone wins. hastily patched games are bad and so are multi year delays with no info on the game, and it doesnt have to be one or the other.
this is great also. ive heard a lot of people say that companies shouldnt release games in a bugg state because it would tank the games reputation. that would be a valid argument if it were being made b the people making money off the games, but the people wanting the game to be delaed to fix bugs are the consumers, who unlike the developers, have nothing to lose by a game being rushed and then patched later.
We need to stop telling beginner programmers to learn Python/JavaScript as their first language. Beginner programmers should be learning C, not Python/JavaScript. Teach people fundamentals in C, introduce the foundational high-level programming concepts in C++, and only then once they are somewhat fluent start introducing people to these very high-level languages.
These "idiot-proof" languages are great for experienced programmers because they allow you to code at the speed of thought in exchange for having a lower ceiling on performance. However, by introducing concepts to a beginner in an "idiot-proof" environment like Python, you actively teach them falsehoods about programming. Also, by abstracting the computer away from them, you make it harder for them to grasp really basic, easy, and fundamental concepts like memory and types down the line, and looking back on it, I think starting out in Python completely set me on the wrong path by orienting my thinking around lines of code in the editor rather than around data in relation to other data, memory, and processes.
After all, the best way to idiot-proof something is to make it so an idiot can't use it. And the way that you get someone to graduate from being an idiot is by forcing them to learn shit from the bottom up like we do in LITERALLY EVERY FIELD except programming. Teach people imperative programming before you teach them declarative programming, and teach them about memory at the same time that you are teaching them about processes.
These "idiot-proof" languages are great for experienced programmers because they allow you to code at the speed of thought in exchange for having a lower ceiling on performance. However, by introducing concepts to a beginner in an "idiot-proof" environment like Python, you actively teach them falsehoods about programming. Also, by abstracting the computer away from them, you make it harder for them to grasp really basic, easy, and fundamental concepts like memory and types down the line, and looking back on it, I think starting out in Python completely set me on the wrong path by orienting my thinking around lines of code in the editor rather than around data in relation to other data, memory, and processes.
After all, the best way to idiot-proof something is to make it so an idiot can't use it. And the way that you get someone to graduate from being an idiot is by forcing them to learn shit from the bottom up like we do in LITERALLY EVERY FIELD except programming. Teach people imperative programming before you teach them declarative programming, and teach them about memory at the same time that you are teaching them about processes.
Releasing an unpolished game and just patching it later is significantly more expensive than just delaying the game, and the reputational damage that a particularly poor release like Cyberpunk does has real monetary implications on the company. They went from the Witcher studio with an extremely high stock price to their stock price tanking (and not recovering) in almost no time at all due how much of a turd their game was at launch.
This "fix it in post" attitude is pervasive in film as well and it is a big contributor to why production costs have ballooned so much in the age of CGI when you could just produce something better for less money by filming another take.
That said, it is important to distinguish between “very polished” and “polished enough.” If it’s good enough for release, then yes you should just release it.
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The number of times I've figured out a problem by going "of course, this is a pointer under the hood" stands in stark contrast to the courses and languages encompassing said problems continuing to deny that there is even a thing called a pointer (because they have a reputation of being hard to learn or something?) in the first place.